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arXiv:1305.5309

Atom trapping in a bottle beam created by a diffractive optical element

V. V. Ivanov, Joshua Isaacs, Mark E. Saffman, Shanalyn A. Kemme, A. Robert Ellis, Gregory R. Brady, J. R. Wendt, Grant W. Biedermann, S. Samora

Published May 23, 2013• 2 citations
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Abstract

A diffractive optical element (DOE) has been fabricated for creating blue detuned atomic bottle beam traps. The DOE integrates several diffractive lenses for trap creation and imaging of atomic fluorescence. We characterize the performance of the DOE and demonstrate trapping of cold Cesium atoms inside a bottle beam.
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10.48550/arxiv.1305.5309

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